*Re: question re when to introduce ALA - Ingrid

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Okay. I don't take as high a dose as most people here do, so I guess I could

just empty some caplsules and try and get the same amount put back into a

bunch of little capsules that are only part full.

However, Ithink the putting of a little uder my tongue was probably a pretty

darn equal amount everytime.....becasue it was always the amount of a small

tap on the capsule. Probably just about 10 mg.

I read that Andy had suggested that every 15 minutes would be a great dosing

interval....so I was trying to be even more frequent than every 3 hours.

QUESTION:

However,if I am taking real small amounts, isn't the blood serum level then

always coming close to bottoming out???

I can't handle high levels of ALA like most people here can. Does that then

mean that I should not even try and do ALA at all yet? I did 7 months of

DMSA....never got up to a full dose of that either...about 1/2 dose. Large

ammounts are too much for me.

PROBLEM:

What to do if you live 18 miles form anything, live alone, and do not always

wake up to an alarm clock in the middle of the night?

I would generally try to dose about every 2 hours in the middle of the

night, but then there were times where 5-6 hours had gone by before I

woke....no matter how many zillion times I would check to see see that the

alarm is working, sometimes i slept right through it....and it is a loud and

noisy one that goes on for a long time. ANy suggestions?

~Inga

on 11/11/04 3:00 PM, tk200192071 at tk200192071@... wrote:

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>> 2 questions Ihave been wanting toask:

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>> 1) Everytime one quits a round of ALA , there is redistribtution

> occurring,

>> right?

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> --- Some,correct

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>> 2) When I dod DMSA/ALA, during the day, I put small ammounts under

> my tongue

>> as frequently as every hour, but then at night time I obviously

> slow down. I

>> set the alarm clock for every two hours, but sometimes I simply DO

> NOT wake

>> up until 4 hours later...so I take it then.

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> --- This is a bad protocol and may make you much worse as you have no

> idea how much you are using at a time and then going from hourly to 4

> hour dose. This will cause much more redistribution as the blood

> serum level bottoms out.

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>> Anyway, 2hours or 4 hours apart, at night, I am still getting a

> much smaller

>> ammount than I get during my waking hours when I take it muchmore

>> frequently. Ithink you can see what I am getting at: I am not

> getting as

>> much at night as during the day and want to know if this is going

> to cause

>> problems.

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> --- Yes it will. Get some made up in small doses to take every three

> hours or less but do not change the time between doses except for the

> one dose at night.

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>> Thanks

>> Inga

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:21:59 -0800, Ingrid Mager

<wolfiebear@...> wrote:

> I read that Andy had suggested that every 15 minutes would be a great

> dosing

> interval....so I was trying to be even more frequent than every 3 hours.

15 minutes would be a good idea *if* you did it day and night and *if* the

dose was the same each time. Better to stick to every two or three hours

and keep it even, it's *much* healthier.

> However,if I am taking real small amounts, isn't the blood serum level

> then

> always coming close to bottoming out???

Andy suggests starting with something like 25 milligrams and adjusting up

and down depending on symptoms.

> I can't handle high levels of ALA like most people here can. Does that

> then

> mean that I should not even try and do ALA at all yet?

Try it on a proper schedule and see how you feel. If thirty is too much,

half the capsules and try fifteen.

> What to do if you live 18 miles form anything, live alone, and do not

> always

> wake up to an alarm clock in the middle of the night?

(snip)

> alarm is working, sometimes i slept right through it....and it is a loud

> and

> noisy one that goes on for a long time. ANy suggestions?

Just a couple of suggestions: Try and get as much rest as you can before

you start a round. Go to bed on time, so you're not exhausted by the time

you go to sleep --if you can't sleep that early, just lounge with a book

or a movie or whatever, so your body can rest. Try setting the alarm for

every three hours at night, so you get some quality sleep between waking

times. If that doesn't work try four hour intervals. Try a different alarm

clock for each waking up time, so you don't get used to the noise it

makes. Pay attention to the times when you *do* wake up on time and try to

figure out what makes it work.

Regards,

[Guest guest]

a,

I was just doing a little bit out of the capsule under my tongue everytime

and felt like that was a pretty darn even and accurate measure, but somebody

suggested to me that that inaccuracy might have a lot to do with why I did

not do so well on it.

How are you dividing the doses?

~Inga

>

> Hi Ingrid. My son was having trouble with even 6 mg on a 3hr dose,

> day and night. I added 20mg vit C with ea dose and he handled the

> round much better. Next round I will go up to 10mg(where he probably

> should be).

>

> a

> mom to

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>> I can't handle high levels of ALA like most people here can. Does

> that then

>> mean that I should not even try and do ALA at all yet? I did 7

> months of

>> DMSA....never got up to a full dose of that either...about 1/2

> dose. Large

>> ammounts are too much for me.

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[Guest guest]

Because I have never NOT divided equally and stayed on a 3 hr

schedule, I wouldn't know about things that might happen if not done

accurately. YKWIM? It has alot to do with doing this to my son and

not myself. Anyway, I divide a cap into smaller doses and syringe it

in. But, I do know that vit C did something huge for him, he was not

doing well with the last few rounds and I was dreading the next round

and then I remembered vit C. It helped.

> a,

> I was just doing a little bit out of the capsule under my tongue

everytime

> and felt like that was a pretty darn even and accurate measure, but

somebody

> suggested to me that that inaccuracy might have a lot to do with

why I did

> not do so well on it.

>

> How are you dividing the doses?

>

> ~Inga